Baseball

Wesley Comes Back at York

YORK, Pa. - Wesley scored five runs over the
final three innings to steal a 6-4 win at CAC rival York (Pa.).

After single runs in the seventh and eighth clipped the
Spartans' (2-6, 0-3 CAC) lead to 4-3, Wesley (5-4, 2-1 CAC) scored
three times in the top of the ninth for the win.

Ryan Ziolkowski (Fallston, Md./Fallston) led
off the ninth with a single and advanced to second on a passed
ball. Billy Crowe (Newark,
Del./Salesianum) reached on a fielder's choice that York
failed to record an out on and Steven Jacobs (Aston,
Pa./Garnet Valley) walked to load the bases.
Rob Benedict (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner)
followed with a two-run single to put the Wolverines up 5-4.
An RBI ground out by Grant Morlock (Bel Air,
Md./Fallston) brought home an insurance run.

Kyle McGuire (Hartly, Del./Polytech) followed
with a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his first win of the year.

York had led from the get-go as a Rick Shumway double in the
first inning gave the Spartans a 1-0 lead and two more scored on a
third inning single by Mike Conolly. Wesley answered back
with an RBI single by Benedict to cut it to 3-1 in the
fifth. York tacked on its final run in the sixth,
compliments of a run scoring single by Matt Monti.

Wesley started its comeback in the seventh when Ziolkowski
scored on a fielder's choice and in the following inning
Kevin Murphy (Middletown, Md./Middletown) scored
on a ground out to make it 4-3 heading into the ninth.

Wesley's comeback negated a strong outing by the Spartans' Chris
Frankenfield, who tossed seven innings, scattering five hits and
two walks, while striking out five. Tommy Moran surrendered
three runs in a third of an inning to take the loss.

Ryan Doran (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) got the
start for the Wolverines and allowed four runs in 5.2 innings on
nine hits and three walks.

Benedict drove in three runs and had a pair of hits in the
game. Ziolkowski also had a pair of hits and he and Crowe
each scored twice.

For York, Dustin Worthman collected four hits.

The Wolverines and Spartans complete the season series when York
visits Dover for a doubleheader on March 13.